61st Pennsylvania Volunteers Flag Fragment Display Army of the Potomac

Description

61st Pennsylvania Volunteers Flag Fragment Display

Army of the Potomac

 

Attractive framed Civil War–era commemorative display centered on the 61st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, a hard-fighting regiment of the Army of the Potomac.

 

The lower panel features a printed historical narrative outlining the service of the 61st Pennsylvania Volunteers, including participation in many of the war’s most significant engagements such as Fair Oaks, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and Appomattox Court House. The text notes the regiment’s heavy losses and reputation as one of the Army of the Potomac’s most heavily engaged units.

 

The textile fragments—showing red, blue, and gold painted silk—are attractively mounted in a commemorative display. Identified as portions of their regimental flag silk.

 

Housed in a handsome wooden frame with deep red matting, this piece presents as a visually compelling and historically evocative tribute to one of Pennsylvania’s notable Union regiments.

 

Frame measures 18 ¾ x 12.

 

Inventory Number: FLA 060